What a sad story!!
A person without his or her wallet could be cranky or depressed for a while. Maybe they have lost something of great sentimental value. I have always been very good about holding onto my wallet and never losing it…until recently.
Last summer, I went to San Luis Potosí with my family. I drove down there with my wallet and took it everywhere with me like I would any other time. Well, when someone doesn’t have pockets, then it is hard to keep their wallet right next to them at all times. I was carrying my wallet out from the hotel, along with my keys, and set both on top of the car.
When I figured out that I needed the keys in order to get in the car and turn it on, I took them off the top of the roof, leaving my wallet behind. I sat in the car, car door open, waiting for my dad to make it to the car so we could all go to a diving area. Once he made it to the car, without thinking, I closed the door and started the car. I had been driving about half a mile before I realized that my wallet was no longer on my body. Immediately, I pulled the car over, and the next hour or so was spent looking for my wallet.
All I could think about was what I would lose if I didn’t find my wallet, money, pictures, identifications , credit cards…My family and I gave up after wasting an hour of finding nothing. Losing my wallet made me depressed for the rest of the day. I could not believe I had done something so stupid.
Brain exercises
What kind of words are the following: Level, civic, madam and eye.
2. What can go up a chimney down but not down a chimney up?
3. What is the shortest complete sentence in the English language?
4. I arrive once in every second, once in every minute and once in every year. What am I?
the anwers in the next slice of life
Places to go before 2013
Slice of life day 15
Places to go before 2013
Everyone talks about the end of the world but if the world ends in 2013, I would like to go to:
La Habana, Cuba
Champs elyseé , Paris
The great Wall, China
Paricutin volcano, México
Tamazopo, México
Sicilia, Italy
Next summer, hopefully I will be crossing out 2 more places.
What a place!!
A black and cloudy night was watching over me when I went there. My body was shaking because of the cold, my hands were freezing, and I just wanted to be someplace else. I needed to create some fire in order to scare the mosquitos that were sucking my blood. I could see nothing but the light of the moon, it was a mirror I felt I could touch the stars. Suddenly I saw a ray of light far away so I decided to walk right towards the light but once I thought I had found the end of that creepy place I tasted fear, strange sounds were coming everywhere, cold wind was blowing, and hundreds of bats were flying over my head. I was about to lie on the floor when I woke up, it was just a horrible nightmare.
A SLICE OF LIFE DAY 7
A SLICE OF LIFE DAY 7
What a beautiful way to spend a day off
Today was an awesome day. When I was ready to take the bus and go to school, I got a message from one of my classmates; she told me we weren’t going to have any classes. I was so happy!! I was feeling tired so, I decided to spend my day doing what I love the most: Cooking
I had a wonderful Mediterranean meal, with falafel and lassie, even though I spent 5 hours in the kitchen I was incredible happy with the result. I have never cooked this type of food before since the ingredients are so hard to get where I live in Mexico. I don’t even know where the idea came from… so for me this new experience was a beautiful way to learn something new. A great way to spend the day.
A perfect description
Sometimes, when I have nothing to do, my mind starts to think of this beautiful and peaceful place, it is awesome, so colorful, nothing is dull, and the smell is mind blowing because it smell like my favorites fruits. Everything really makes me want to be there.
In this warm place I can do whatever I want, I can think, I can have fun, I can be just hanging around with the people I love. In this piece of heaven is where I find the right inspiration for writing. I would like to be always in this place, but obviously it´s just a daydream…
Ending my teacher training !!
¨It is important for teachers to consider themselves when thinking about goals. Improvement of self will lead to a healthier teacher, who is better equipped both emotionally and physically to handle the challenges that come up each day.¨ Jennifer Wagaman
This course has been incredible; it was really mind blowing for me because I had no idea about so many things. I learnt tons and tons of new stuff, phonology, strategies, learning styles, classroom management, the parts of speech, what lexis is, new resources and aids. Oh my gosh!! It worth every single penny!! I think I am more mature and ready for new challenges, I know I have to keep up, because knowledge is not static, but this was an awesome beginning.
Thinking about the future can be scaring because one way or another this is training, but is not real life yet, we still need to learn from the experiences and that´s something maybe we are afraid of.
So, first of all I will take my TKT exam, that´s the next step; try to do our best in order to get a job so that we can apply all this new knowledge. I also would like to improve my English, so I am thinking about the CAE.
Throughout this course I´ve been changing my mind about the old fashion teaching ideas, and now I have new goals, I want to be a TECAHER, I want to be centered on the learning not on the teaching, I want to be able to transmit my knowledge, and of course to be patient, I guess that´s my biggest concern: D
Classroom Management
Hello world, today I’m presenting this reflection to you, it is about classroom management, first of all teachers are instructed that the mark of a good teacher is that the teacher is in control of the class, but, teachers are afraid of losing control if students have increased autonomy, they will not need the teacher .Teachers fear that students with more control will not want to learn what the teacher wants to teach, he is not respected or doesn’t have the same importance as it used to be. Control is an issue with which many people in management have had to struggle.
Control of students by teachers tends to be regarded as the goal of classroom discipline. This emphasis on control is so pervasive that control by teachers is often seen by educators as more important than the learning that goes on the classroom. This is pretty sad I think, but there some situations like back talking that drive teachers nuts.
Once upon a time a saw a situation about back talking, there were two girls they used to be so talkative, they were really annoyed. The teacher was so patient, but one day she just broke down. They did not shut up, and the teacher asks them 3 times to do it, they didn`t …so, she just left the classroom, leaving behind the lesson, the topic, everything. She told us, that if our classmates don’t shut up, she will see us in the final exam.
Everybody was so mad at them, as you imagine. We as a group make them to be quiet, it was incredible, and the next time they didn’t talk anymore in that way!!
Bloom`s Taxonomy
Hello everyone, here is this new topic bloom`s taxonomy, oh my gosh is awesome, how this thing works, I’ve never heard about it, but what a great Tool, and brings better activities, I have to accept that I am amazed !!
Check out this activity, is an example..
Activity, (For advanced-beginners adults)
Listen a short version of Jules Verne’s story, Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
1. Recalling: First list all the events or ¨ accidents ¨ that took place around the world in its oceans, then describe how the two travelers were caught by the submarine (Nautilius).
2. Understanding: Explain why the Capitan´s attitude (Nemo) was so rude and heartless?
3. Applying: Have you ever traveled in any struggling situation? How did you manage the situation in order to put everything under control?
4. Analyzing: Jules Verne Wrote that amazing novel a long time ago, Compare all the inventions or ways of how the submarine worked with how real submarine in that time used to work, what do you find out?
5. Evaluating: Once the professor Aronnax found out what was going on, What would you have done if you were Aronnax , Would you have reacted other way? How?
6. Creating: Now, think about a boat, or a submarine. Design a new model applying the technology that you think is going to be in the future, Will it be a green technology? Or a total sophisticated technology?
